Every PlayStation Gaming Hardware Ranked

GB: "Across consoles, handhelds, and VR, we rank all of Sony's illustrious platforms from worst to best."

[chicken_in_the_corn]

My ranking:
PS3
PS2
PSP
PS1
PS5
PS4
Vita

[S2Killinit]

My personal opinion:
PS1 (come on, how exciting were these times?)
PS5
PS4 (interchangable w PS2)
PS2 (interchangable w PS4)
PS3
My Alpha 7RIII (photography is a game to me)
PSVR2
VITA
PSVR
PSP

[Knushwood Butt]

Nice camera.

My a6000 is playing up. Any suggestions? I mainly do sports photography (baseball).

[S2Killinit]

Thank you. Honestly, if you are doing it as a hobby then you really would be good with any of the full frame cameras just look for the one that is within your budget and still has a solid burst. I took a alpha 7 II some years ago to a Real Madrid game, with a really good telephoto lens and man it did just fine. I took some epic photos that day.

If you do it more professionally, I’ve heard that the Sony A1 is a beast of a sports camera. But then if your are doing it professionally I’m probably not the guy to advise you on it (:

[Deathdeliverer]

It’s early for PS5 of course, but for me it’s;
PS1- How do you compete with the beginning of metal gear solid, resident evil, parappa, soul edge, final fantasy 7, 8, and 9, siphon filter, Tobal 2, Tekken 1-3, and on and on.

PS2- Simply the sheer number of amazing titles. ZOE, Metal gear again, Final fantasy 10, Bouncer, Tekken Tag, God of war, Socom, Final fantasy 11, eye toy, and again, the list goes on.

PS3, 4, 5 are neck and neck. My most beaten game in ages was Demon Souls on PS3. My most Beaten game since then was Bloodborne on PS4. My most beaten game since then is Returnal on PS5. 3 excellent games that aren’t for everyone, but my god they were amazing.

[SICKINDIVIDUAL]

Agreed with PS1...Sony literally brought arcade level hardware graphics home.

[mandf]

Demon souls was the my favorite game on ps3. LittleBigPlanet I think was the best game on ps3

[Knushwood Butt]

Returnal is too good.

[mandf]

Ps3 psvr 2 ps2 ps5 ps4 vita psp ps1

[Rebel_Scum]

A PS1 on a 30 degree angle with a book under one side or maybe a couple of game cases is certainly an unbeatable quality.

[Deathdeliverer]

Lol I never had that issue but I’ll be damned if I haven’t witnessed the struggle at a friends house. I’ve had luck with every system I’ve ever had except OG NES (blowing cartridges and keeping taking alcohol out my parents room was insane, and Xbox one just suddenly stopped turning on. No 360 issues even though everyone around me was on system 3 lol.

[mandf]

The good old nes days classic

[SeTTriP]

Don't forget putting them in the freezer.

[Rebel_Scum]

I’d argue your PS1 was faulty lol

[Dandalandan117]

Omg that's exactly the same thing in our household haha.
The number of game cases or books have to be just right in order for the game to work flawlessly.

[Rebel_Scum]

This is the way haha

[jznrpg]

Loved them all it’s a progression and things change so I enjoyed them all for different reasons.

[ACEMANWISE]

PS3- For the most effort in pushing the hardware like a console is supposed to.
PS1- For having alot of great simulations, strategy games, and some unique hardware experimintation (i.e. play a music cd after game loads, and Metal Gear's use of hardware tricks.
PS4- For having a ton of simulations, strategy, RPGs, resource management, and constructing games that were ever so absent on the PS2. But a big shame on you for treating it like a PC industry and not pushing it's hardware enough. They never utilized the extra 4 cores to push that console and it looks like the PS5 is on the same track.
PS2- Some great games but mostly focused on action. It was unfortunate it lacked my type of games.
PS5- It looks like the PS5 is heading down the same track as the PS4. Yeah, it plays PS4 games with better performance, but the industry is treating these consoles like the PC industry. This outdated PC hardware is supposed to be pushed to it's limits...and that is what the console industry is for.

[goldwyncq]

PS4's so successful that they're still releasing AAA games for it.

[S2Killinit]

PlayStations generally live on past the start of next generation. But yes, PS4 was a huge success story.

[andy85]

PS2 - was just the biggest leap in PS consoles. I'll never forget seeing FFX and MGS2 for the first time
PS1 - I can't drop it any lower, too many childhood memories for it. FF7/8/9, Crash, MGS. Too many to list
PS4 - This got me back into gaming properly when I switched over from the Xbox 360. Outstanding Library
PS5 - still time to go up the list but they definitely need more games not on the PS4 to show what it can do
PSP - Good memories from this, the GTAs on this were a fantastic achievement technically for the time.
PS3 - I had this and the 360 but for some reason the latter drew me in more. They had so many great games in those years.
PSVITA - Just didn't have the library. I still have it but I barely used it

[northpaws]

PS5
PSVR2
PS4
PS Vita
PS2
PS1
PSP
PS3

Only referring the first iteration of each gen

[gold_drake]

i liked them all tbh
well the ps3 gave me more of a hassle than any other console they had, but god i loved its menus.

how easy it was to navigate, there was no need for extra apps for music, pictures or videos. also better players too lol

[sagapo]

For me PS2 -PS1- PS5 -PS4. Never owned a PS3, PSP or Vita.

[Knushwood Butt]

Never owned PS1.
Owned everything else though, including PS4 Pro, PSVR, and PSVR2.

They all delivered experiences that I wouldn't trade.

If I dad to go by quantity, I think I had four PS3s, so maybe that wins.